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president obama the last four decisions. some of them like the stimulus package he said would result in all kinds of new jobs. that has not happened. he said he was going to cut the deficit in half. that has not happened. the good news that we have somebody who is running for president that has the know-how. he has the experience. he has got the experience, the record, and he knows how to work with democrats, republicans, independents alike to address the challenges we face as a country, and that is why we need mitt romney in washington to fix what is broken and bring back the american dream. i see a uaw member here. i will talk autos, the auto industry. obama said, you want to take those companies to bankruptcy. i supported a rescue package for the autos, but what obama said was not true. it was barack obama who took gm and chrysler through bankruptcy, ok? right? second, it was mitt romney who absolutely did provide for loan guarantees to ensure the warranties were backed up. that is what every fact checker who has looked a
president obama the last four decisions. some of them like the stimulus package he said would result in all kinds of new jobs. that has not happened. he said he was going to cut the deficit in half. that has not happened. the good news that we have somebody who is running for president that has the know-how. he has the experience. he has got the experience, the record, and he knows how to work with democrats, republicans, independents alike to address the challenges we face as a country, and...
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i will work if he is president, or president obama. in ibm, if you are in a position and you do not fix something, you are terminated. you are done. go to the ceo of the utah farm bureau. >> good to be here. our national debt is clearly burden on our country and the future financial well-being. what do you propose to do to reduce government spending, cut the debt, and secure our national security for the future? >> guyer appreciate the farm bureau. an randy was actually one of those -- my grandfather mentored from our farm in utah. and we are facing problems with the debt and deficit. we have to solve this. i think that the center and i would agree that we have to go back and make some cuts. i have always supported simpson- bowles. but if we do not fix this debt and deficit, your future, and more importantly, the future of our children and grandchildren will never enjoy the blessings and benefits we have enjoyed in this country. we have to immediately implement changes. one thing is to look at our defense carefully. when we spend $300
i will work if he is president, or president obama. in ibm, if you are in a position and you do not fix something, you are terminated. you are done. go to the ceo of the utah farm bureau. >> good to be here. our national debt is clearly burden on our country and the future financial well-being. what do you propose to do to reduce government spending, cut the debt, and secure our national security for the future? >> guyer appreciate the farm bureau. an randy was actually one of those...
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when barack obama came to iowa, he worked obama hard. i bumped into him at the check- in desk of the holiday inn. he said, "you're mike glover, we have an interview set up. let's go in the bar and do the interview now," so we did. i did the interview there. a couple years later i got an invitation to the white house holiday reception for the press corps at the white house. i remember looking around the white house and taking he has come a long way from that are in sioux city iowa. barack obama understands that iowa put him on the path to that nomination. had he not won in iowa, against an opponent who was supposed to defeat him, he would not be where he is today. i'll what has a special place for them. he keeps in touch with people here. i think he understands that iowa has put him on the path where he is today. host: dan is in michigan. hi. caller: john harris. on the polling how accurate do you think that pulling is, like the one gentleman talked about? how do you think iowa people think about a candidate that flip-flops on a lot of is
when barack obama came to iowa, he worked obama hard. i bumped into him at the check- in desk of the holiday inn. he said, "you're mike glover, we have an interview set up. let's go in the bar and do the interview now," so we did. i did the interview there. a couple years later i got an invitation to the white house holiday reception for the press corps at the white house. i remember looking around the white house and taking he has come a long way from that are in sioux city iowa....
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i did not know if you is there to endorse president obama or debate president obama. [applause] we roman catholics call that an epiphany. he had an epiphany before my very eyes. the governor had been saying for a long time now what a tragic mistake it was to end the war in iraq and not leave 30,000 warriors there. all of a sudden this sound like he was against the iraq war from the beginning. [laughter] i thought that he might have rack the same way that ba did back then. he went from labeling russia as our most significant geopolitical foe, let me tell you, he was also opposed to the new start treaty, which every single solitary republican national security adviser and director of defense was for. he was against it. he said he never would have supported it. all of a sudden i found out that his new best buddy is russia. "we can work with russia. we can be very close with russia." i mean -- [laughter] [applause] he went from harshly criticizing us for saying that we will, and we will turn over full responsibility of the afghan military at the end of 2014 and come home,
i did not know if you is there to endorse president obama or debate president obama. [applause] we roman catholics call that an epiphany. he had an epiphany before my very eyes. the governor had been saying for a long time now what a tragic mistake it was to end the war in iraq and not leave 30,000 warriors there. all of a sudden this sound like he was against the iraq war from the beginning. [laughter] i thought that he might have rack the same way that ba did back then. he went from labeling...
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go for obama. and if you want, the other votes, if you are nice about it and give romney 50% of the vote, how can he be so close in the polls? guest: each poll is different. referencing real clear politics, one example of a site that is pretty good as far as bringing pulling together. the question as to how polling is these days -- how accurate polling is these days with one- third of households not having home front anymore. pew charitable trust did a study that indicated 9% of people they're reaching out to our actual responding. in new hampshire, weather is from campaigns or different parties, if you stay home tonight you will get probably on average 5 to 10 phone calls. it gets to the point where you shut your rigor off and you do not even turn on your answering machine. you could be on the phone on my with pollsters. pollsters after this election, as they always do, will boil down things and find out where the margins were, what went right, what went wrong. there are very talented people. a lo
go for obama. and if you want, the other votes, if you are nice about it and give romney 50% of the vote, how can he be so close in the polls? guest: each poll is different. referencing real clear politics, one example of a site that is pretty good as far as bringing pulling together. the question as to how polling is these days -- how accurate polling is these days with one- third of households not having home front anymore. pew charitable trust did a study that indicated 9% of people they're...
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guest: we endorsed president obama. especially on the debt and the deficit, the president's proposal was more realistic and it would have less of a shock to the system in the country and lead -- in that it would balance spending cuts. we like is more balanced approach to energy. we are in favor of obamacare. the editorial board was in favor of a public option so it did not go far enough for us. on social issues, immigration reform, women's rights, birth control, the editorial board aligns more with the president's policies. that is where we came down. we said that the voters are being asked by both candidates to take a leap of faith. given what we know about the previous four years, we decided that it was going to be an easier but to go with the president for four more. host: how many times have you seen president obama, governor romney, or their surrogates in your state? guest: president obama has been here eight times this year, governor romney has been here 6. paul ryan may be eligible to vote, he's been here that mu
guest: we endorsed president obama. especially on the debt and the deficit, the president's proposal was more realistic and it would have less of a shock to the system in the country and lead -- in that it would balance spending cuts. we like is more balanced approach to energy. we are in favor of obamacare. the editorial board was in favor of a public option so it did not go far enough for us. on social issues, immigration reform, women's rights, birth control, the editorial board aligns more...
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it is the linchpin of a statewide victory for president obama. he needs to do well in the big, growing burgeoning prince george county and loudoun county, as well as fairfax. yes, the two areas are small, but trees and rocks and acres don't vote, at least in most states and localities. host: what kind of the voting system is used in virginia? guest: the computerized systems are used almost everywhere. we have eliminated paper ballots accept as a backup in case of emergency. we don't have a lever machines anymore, that i grew up with. i am a native virginian. we thought the lever machines were pretty neat, but they are long gone. now you have computerized machines almost everywhere in one form or another. host: some of the demographics of the state, 64.5% white. 19.8% black. hispanic population, 8.2%. the lead story in the wall street about the latino vote nationwide, what about in virginia when it comes to the latino vote? guest: those figures are a little deceptive, because you are talking about population. in my field, we look at the registered
it is the linchpin of a statewide victory for president obama. he needs to do well in the big, growing burgeoning prince george county and loudoun county, as well as fairfax. yes, the two areas are small, but trees and rocks and acres don't vote, at least in most states and localities. host: what kind of the voting system is used in virginia? guest: the computerized systems are used almost everywhere. we have eliminated paper ballots accept as a backup in case of emergency. we don't have a...
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obama in the last four years. my husband lost his job and all of my neighbors tied to the defense industry are so nervous that they are going to be next. i do not know how you can say mr. obama has done anything for loudoun county. host: let's get an answer from the chairman of the democratic party. guest: thank you for the question during the war that people were concerned about in 2008 has been ended. it was president obama who brought the termination of the war in iraq, and withdrawing troops from afghanistan and now prepared for nation-building here at home rather than afghanistan and iraq. that war has been brought to an end by the president. in terms of locally, the president -- the fact of the matter is, as a said earlier, 700,000 jobs a month, over 700,000 jobs a month we were losing at the termination of the bush presidency. we are working our way back. this is a fiscal ditching that was deep. that is why it is no time to turn to the same policies that got us into it in the first place. that is why the pr
obama in the last four years. my husband lost his job and all of my neighbors tied to the defense industry are so nervous that they are going to be next. i do not know how you can say mr. obama has done anything for loudoun county. host: let's get an answer from the chairman of the democratic party. guest: thank you for the question during the war that people were concerned about in 2008 has been ended. it was president obama who brought the termination of the war in iraq, and withdrawing...
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president obama has three stops in ohio. coming up in about 15 minutes here on c-span, we will take you to the first stop of the day in hilltard outside columbus. the first lady michelle obama is campaigning in virginia today. at 5:30 eastern, we will take you to petersburg where she will be speaking with supporters. tonight on c-span, mitt romney and paul brian will be joined by their wives for a rally in west chester, ohio. another big names are appearing including condoleezza rice and senator john mccain this evening at 7:30 eastern and we will have that live on c-span. while we wait to hear from president obama in ohio, part of this morning's "washington journal," good morning to you. i want to assure you that 2012 battleground map we have been featuring for the last week or so here on the "washington journal." assuring the swing states in this election. this morning on the washington journal, we want to hear from the voters in the non-yellow states. everyone else in a blue, give us a call. we want to hear what you think
president obama has three stops in ohio. coming up in about 15 minutes here on c-span, we will take you to the first stop of the day in hilltard outside columbus. the first lady michelle obama is campaigning in virginia today. at 5:30 eastern, we will take you to petersburg where she will be speaking with supporters. tonight on c-span, mitt romney and paul brian will be joined by their wives for a rally in west chester, ohio. another big names are appearing including condoleezza rice and...
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it should be president obama. i really was disturbed when he had hillary clinton to stand up and take the blame. that is not what a leader does. >> congressman, do you want to respond to that? >> we must be watching different debates. i remember seeing the president of the united states take responsibility for those actions. >> we will move on to the next question for mr. collins. a superpac @ was released claiming you fired workers at buffalo china. you have criticized this ad calling it falls. do you hold your opponent responsible or can can it be held responsible for superpac ads made on their opponents have? >> she is running wild with this allegation that i fired 150 workers when in fact i say 245 jobs, that she would rather see go to china. i was lauded for what i did stepping into that in 2004 and every media outlet, channel 13, when a man of rochester said they would not run the ad because it so egregious. she has crossed the line between misrepresentation and distortion and lying. that is an important dis
it should be president obama. i really was disturbed when he had hillary clinton to stand up and take the blame. that is not what a leader does. >> congressman, do you want to respond to that? >> we must be watching different debates. i remember seeing the president of the united states take responsibility for those actions. >> we will move on to the next question for mr. collins. a superpac @ was released claiming you fired workers at buffalo china. you have criticized this...
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why did the obama administration it do more -- why did not the obama administration do more for poor communities given his work as a community organizer? some insight from your white house position. >> if you looked, and going to quote one of my colleagues, you can go on the web site of our institution, cbp.org you will find a number of papers but look at the impact on poverty of the stimulus, the recovery act. the recovery act lifted millions of people out of poverty. expanded the earned income tax credit. if you are not working, it did not help you. but a lot of people kept their jobs. the child tax credit was made refundable down to lower income levels. lifted a lot of people of poverty. the tax credit helped low-income workers, later the payroll tax credit helped. the expansion of unemployment insurance. critical. you heard, we will probably launch market poverty went up and 2011. on question only, if that is true, one of the reasons is because we pulled back some of the safety net in terms of extended unemployment insurance programs running out for people. in a labor market but
why did the obama administration it do more -- why did not the obama administration do more for poor communities given his work as a community organizer? some insight from your white house position. >> if you looked, and going to quote one of my colleagues, you can go on the web site of our institution, cbp.org you will find a number of papers but look at the impact on poverty of the stimulus, the recovery act. the recovery act lifted millions of people out of poverty. expanded the earned...
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that's the worst thing to do, even president obama two years ago advocated extending the bush tax cuts because that's a wet blanket on the economy. we have to keep taxes low, expand job opportunity. >> moderator: governor king? king: nobodiments -- nobody wants to raise taxes. the situation with the debt, though, is one that we have to look at revenues as well as cuts. impossible to do it otherwise. i'm engaged with a projectx called the simpson bawls, a bipartisan effort led by alan simpson of wyoming, and bowles of south carolina. they propose cutting tax rates, eliminating loopholes, deductions, and exemptions, and reducing rates, but taking 8% of the revenues that are generated by that process, and putting that gex p against the debt. that's proven, responsible, and nobody wants to raise taxes, but we have to talk seriously about this, and some frame work like simpson bowles or the other plans out there on a bipartisan basis, i think, are going to be necessary to solve this problem. i think what we'll end up with is a fair tax system and lower rates across the board and more fairly
that's the worst thing to do, even president obama two years ago advocated extending the bush tax cuts because that's a wet blanket on the economy. we have to keep taxes low, expand job opportunity. >> moderator: governor king? king: nobodiments -- nobody wants to raise taxes. the situation with the debt, though, is one that we have to look at revenues as well as cuts. impossible to do it otherwise. i'm engaged with a projectx called the simpson bawls, a bipartisan effort led by alan...
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president barack obama has the plant. tammy baldwin has no plans. >> we do know something about his brand new plan on medicare and that is that health costs in the federal employee health benefit program are increasing at a rate of 40% faster than traditional medicare. that gives you a sense. it is not a full score. but that is something we do know. that would not save us money. it would shift a huge burden to seniors. this idea that he never supported the voucher program, he ran ads in his primary sang out will be the 51st vote to pass the paul ryan budget which contains this plan. last summer, he stood on the stage and talked about his support for this plan. what have i done? i worked hard on the affordable care act that has significant sections on medicare. in that, we extended the solvency of medicare by 10 years. this is not the end of our work but it is a strong beginning. i was very involved in that. when tommy thompson ran medicare from 2001 until 2005, the program went nine years closer to bankruptcy under his wa
president barack obama has the plant. tammy baldwin has no plans. >> we do know something about his brand new plan on medicare and that is that health costs in the federal employee health benefit program are increasing at a rate of 40% faster than traditional medicare. that gives you a sense. it is not a full score. but that is something we do know. that would not save us money. it would shift a huge burden to seniors. this idea that he never supported the voucher program, he ran ads in...
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when she teamed up with barack obama -- now is over $16 trillion. it looks like i have more power than nancy pelosi and barack obama combined to listen to my opponent. here is what think about military. i believe there is that in the military and the pentagon. i believe there is too much brass there. it will take people on the inside to reform it before we can get that right. we have partly to many civilian employees. we are not keeping the track of that. there are people better in the system to make as recommendations than me. some people i work with, i trust them substantially. john bolton is one. >> he is the former u.s. ambassador? >> to the united nations. and a personal friend. i would add this -- we need to enhance our cia. the intel i get in classified briefings is terrible. it is a shame. i cannot talk about what it is, but i will tell you why did political responses that are from the public sources and briefings that are supposed to be top secret. we have gone down a long way in our intel. that has to change, because that let us be more mo
when she teamed up with barack obama -- now is over $16 trillion. it looks like i have more power than nancy pelosi and barack obama combined to listen to my opponent. here is what think about military. i believe there is that in the military and the pentagon. i believe there is too much brass there. it will take people on the inside to reform it before we can get that right. we have partly to many civilian employees. we are not keeping the track of that. there are people better in the system...
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i voted for obama. i would like to say that the president -- you know, he's done a lot of things as best he could. i hear the people say he had failed promises. however, the time of work he had seemed like based on all of the information the first two years that it was predominantly democratic, it seemed like he only had two two years to work and that was very hostile, considering where the country was at in those two years. i would like to say this is a president that's proven to be for all people. >> gideon moore, do you want to respond to that. >> to look at the two years and look at where priorities were placed, a lot of folks think he should have been focused more on building jobs the first two years instead of passing the obama care act w regard to even the stimulus, the way he structured that, obviously, we have issues with the structure and fact that much was invested. even with you look at where that money was invested and going to companies like cylindra and others and not needed infrastructur
i voted for obama. i would like to say that the president -- you know, he's done a lot of things as best he could. i hear the people say he had failed promises. however, the time of work he had seemed like based on all of the information the first two years that it was predominantly democratic, it seemed like he only had two two years to work and that was very hostile, considering where the country was at in those two years. i would like to say this is a president that's proven to be for all...
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secondly, to president obama's credit, he is no saddam hussein. that means when saddam hussein made a decision, you would either agree with it or you would die if you're inside the iraqi political establishment. saddam did not have to deal with a pesky congress, nor did he have to deal with an israeli prime minister. as a result, the iranians had confidence that saddam has the strength to be able to live up to his end of the bargain. that is not the perception that the iranians have, rightly or wrongly, about president obama. can president obama promise the lifting of sanctions, mindful of the fact that most of these sanctions that really are hurting the iranians have gone through congress and only can be lifted if there's a congressional decision? can anyone here remember last time congress lifted sanctions in a relatively swift manner? moreover, the principle that was steabled in the negotiations was the principle of reciprocity, the idea that any reversible concession from the western end had to be matched by a reversible concession from the ir
secondly, to president obama's credit, he is no saddam hussein. that means when saddam hussein made a decision, you would either agree with it or you would die if you're inside the iraqi political establishment. saddam did not have to deal with a pesky congress, nor did he have to deal with an israeli prime minister. as a result, the iranians had confidence that saddam has the strength to be able to live up to his end of the bargain. that is not the perception that the iranians have, rightly or...